Subspecies Cyclodomorphus melanops melanops (Stirling & Zietz, 1893)
Northern Slender Blue-tongue
- Lygosoma melanops Stirling, E.C. & Zietz, A. 1893. Vertebrata; Reptilia (collected by the Elder Exploring Expedition). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 16: 159-176 [173, pl. 6 figs 3 3a].
Type data:
Syntype(s) SAMA R2732, between the Everard and Barrow Ranges, central Australia; SAMA R8139, between the Everard and Barrow Ranges, central Australia.
Generic Combinations
- Cyclodomorphus melanops melanops (Stirling & Zietz, 1893).
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Occurs in southern Kimberley, Pilbara and Great Victoria Desert, WA; extralimital in NT and SA.
IBRA
NT, SA, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Central Kimberley (CK), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Ecological Descriptors
Desert, hummock grassland, terrestrial.
General References
Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [189] (as junior synonym of Tiliqua branchialis)
Common Name References
Western Australia Museum 2003. Step 4 MapIT (Cyclodomorphus melanops melanops; online). Western Australian Museum, Queensland Museum and Museum & Art Gallery of NT Reptiles Database. (Northern Slender Blue-tongue)
History of changes
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